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B. S. MOLYNEUX.

AUTOMATIC FLUID RELEASER.

No. 400,107. Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

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AUTOMATIC FLUID RELEASER.

No. 400,107. Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARTON S. MOLYNEUX, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY COMPANY,

OF MINNESOTA.

AUTOMATIC FLUlD-RELEASER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,107, dated March26, 1889.

Application filed November 24, 1888- Sarial No. 291,769. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARTON S. MOLYNEUX, of Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Automatic Fluid-Releasers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in a device by-which a certainquantity of fluid is released from the reservoir by the introduction ofa coin.

My invention consists, generally, in the construction and arrangementhereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 isavertical longitudinal section showing the construction of the.

valve. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on the line a: w of Fig. 1,showing the manner in which the valve is released. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 aredetails. Fig. 6 is a longitudinalvertical section showing a modificationof my device. Fig. 7 is a partial vertical cross-section on the line y yof Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 2 represents a cask or reservoir to which my device isapplied. The receiving-chamber 3 is located, preferably, in the lowerpart of the reservoir, and is provided with an opening, 5, whichreceives a suitable branch of the pipe or tube 7, and also the ventrpipe6, for the passage of air into and out of the chamber 3 as it is emptiedand filled with the liquid from the reservoir. 3 5 The pipe 7 isprovided with a valve, 9, which controls the flow of fluid from the caskto the receiving-chamber 3, and also the flow of liquid from thereceiving-chamber through the pipe 7. This valve may be constructed tooperate by a partial revolution, as shown in Fig. 1, or it may bearranged to travel back and forth over the opening to the chamber 3, asshown in Fig. 6.

The valve 9 is provided with a stem, 11, 45 which extends outward,preferably, through the pipe 7, and is provided with a suitable handle,13, by which the valve is operated.

15 represents a case or box, through which the pipe 7 passes afterleaving the cask 2. This case or box is preferably made of cast metal,and the lower portion is detachable in order that access may be obtainedto its interior. A conduit, 17, is preferably arranged in the upperportion of the case 15, into which a coin may be placed, and by whichthesaid 5 5 coin is carried through the case and deposited in the lowerportion. A lever, 19, is supported upon the inside of the case 15 upon asuitable pivot, 21. This lever extends forward from its pivoted point,and is provided with a pin or projection, 23, extending across theopening at the mouth of the conduit 17. The opposite end of the lever ispreferably provided with a' weight, 25, by which the lever may be sobalanced that the weight of the coin 22, by which the machine is to beoperated, as it strikes the pin 23, will overcome the counter-balance25, and the lever 19 will be depressed. The upper side of the lever 19is preferably provided with a notch, 27. This notch is arranged toengage a projection, 29, upon the handle 13. When the lever 19 isdepressed, the notch 27 is forced out of contact with the handle 13,which is then free to be operated by the hand. A suitable spring, 7 531, is preferably secured to the handle 13 in order to bring it back toits normal position after having been operated.

A cut-off, 33, is preferably located in the conduit 17 This cut-off ispivoted or revolved in the said conduit, and is preferably provided witha plate, 35, extending over the inlet to the said conduit. The cut-off33 and the plate 35 are so arranged that when the plate is forced asideand the mouth of the conduit is 8 5 open the aperture in the conduitwill be closed by the cut-off, and that when the plate 35 covers themouth of the conduit the cut-off will be turned aside and the conduitleft unobstructed for the coin to pass. The object of this is to preventtampering with the machine.

The plate 35 may be provided with a suitable spring in order to force itover the opening in the conduit, thus keeping it closed in 5 order toavoid the accumulation of dust within the machine.

The operation of the device is as follows: The plate 35 is forced to oneside and the coin is introduced into the conduit 17. The 100 coin willstrike the cut-ollj' and there rcmain until the plate is closed over themouth of the conduit. \Vhen this is done, coinn'iunication isestablished through the conduit by the partial. turning of the cut-oil 3The coin passes on until it strikes the pin 23 on the lever 11.). Theweight of the coin depresses this lever. The notch 27 is thrown out ofcontact with the 'nrojoction 29 of the handle 1 Then handle '13 is nowfree to be partially turned, by which motion the valve is operated,closing the inlet from the cask to the receivlug-chamber i and astablishing an outlet from the chamber l through the pipe 7 to a cup orreceptacle held below the outlet of the said pipe. The handle 13 is heldin its forward position until the receptacle is tilled or until thecontents of the chamber 3 has been emptied. It; is then released, and bythe action of the spring 31 it is forced back to its original position,and thus closes the outlet from the chamber 3 and establishes acommunication. between the cask and the chamber 23, by which means thesaid chamber .is again tilled. A stop, 20, is preferably secured to theprojection 29 of the handle 1. and extends over the opening in theconduit 17, to prevent the coin, from passing out of the conduit beforethe handle has reached the limit of its throw. hen this limit isreachet'l, the coin 'iasses downward between the projection 2 and thestop E30, and falls into the lower portion of the case I prefer to placean intermediate notch, 28, upon the lever 12.! to ilisurc the working ofthe machine, as without this notch, after the lever had been releasedfrom the handle and the recciving-chaniber emptied, the lever 1-3 couldbe returned a sullicicnt distance without passing over the notch 27 toallow the chamber to be tilled. Thehandle could then be forced back andthe liquid again drawn from the chamber \Vith the interposed notch :28this is prevented, as the chamber 3 will not be filled until the handleand the operating-valve 9 are in such position as to bring theprojection 29 tonvard to the notch 2R,and no liquid canbe drawn from thechamber until the projection 29 has passed to the rear or back of thenotch 28. It will be seen that the valve is thus securely locked and thehandle must be released before another supply of liquid can be drawn. Aslong as the handle 13 remains in contact with. the notch thereceiving-chatnber 3 is in communication with the reservoir.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modification in which the valve is arrangetflto operate by moving longitudinally of the pipe 7, instead of beingpartially revolved therein. This necessitates a slight change in theposition and operation of the handle 13 and the working parts of thedevice. The parts are sul;)stan tiall y similar in their action,however, and the result obtained is the same. In this modification thehandle 13 is preferably pivoted upon suitable projections of the case15, and is provided with an extending arm, 4C1, projecting below thesaid pivot: and engaging the stem 11 of the valve 0. The innerend oi thehandle 13 projects in front of the opening in the conduit 17 and forms astop against which the coin strikes. The notches .47 and 28 are placedon the under side of this portion of the handle and are engaged by theend of the lever 19, as shown in Fig. The lever is thrown Ollll'OiiIcontact with the said notches by the coin as it strikes the pin orprojection 23, when the handle 13 will be free to be forced downward,[forcing the valve 9 past the opening, con'lmunicating with the chamber3, as shown. in dotted lines .in Fig. 6. onunuu icatioi 1. is thusestablished between the chain her 3 and the outlet of the pipe 7, and isalso closed between the cask and the said chamher. At the same time theinner end of the arm is carried upward a sufficient distance to allowthe coin to pass from the conduit and [all into the receptacle in thelower portion of the case 15. The lever 10 is now carried back asufficient distance by the weight 25, and the sprin $31, when the handleis released, forces it: back to its original position and operates thevalve, as before described.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination, with a reservoir and a receivingehamber, I located in thereservoir,havinga suitable air-vent, (hand suitableport, 5, of the naivefl,adaptcd when operated to alternately .(tOlHlUUt said. port 5 with thereservoir and with the pipe 7, a suitable handle, 13, connected to saidvalve and adapted to operate the same, a suitable weighted lever, 1.9,adapted to engage said handle 13 and to lock the same, so as to preventthe operation of said valve, and also adapted to be thrown out ofengagement with said handle 13 by the weight of a coin, so as to permitthe handle to be moved. and the valve to be operated, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, with a reservoir and a .rcceiving-chamber, 3, of thevalve 9, adapted to alternately connect said chamber with the reservoirand with the outlet-pipe, and having a suitable handle, 13, by which itmay be operated, and the weighted lever 19, adapted to lock said handle13, and adapted to be depressed by the weight of a suitable coin andthrown out of engagement with said handle, sul'istantially asdescrilied.

In a device of the class described, the combination, with a suitablehandle, 13, fitted with the spring 31, and adapted by suitableconnections to operate the valve of the device, of the weighted lever19, adapted when in its normal position to engage with and lock saidhandle 13, and adapted to be depressed by the weight of a suitable coinand thrown out of engagement with said handle, substantially described.

4-. In a device of the class described, the coml'iination, with thevalve-actuating lever said reservoir to said receiver, a coin-conduit,and a latch adapted to lock said valve and to be released by a coinpassed through said con- 13 and the Weighted lever 19, engaging thesame, of the conduit 17, having the cut-off 33, and adapted to convey asuitable coin onto said lever, so as to depress the same and to duit,substantially as described.

5 throw it out of engagement with said lever 13, i In testimony whereofI have hereunto set 15 substantially as described. I my hand this 15thday of November, 1888.

5. The combination, in a liquid-releasing BARTON S. MOLYNEUX. device, ofa suitable reservoir, a receiver In presence of adapted to receiveliquid from said reservoir, A. M. GAsKILL,

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